Chapter 240 – Geng Sha’s Opportunity
Beijing, in the set of a film and television base, there were numerous “corpses” lying in disarray, and the charred smoke was slowly drifting. The surroundings were so quiet that one could almost hear the howling of the north wind, creating an eerie atmosphere.
“Cut!” Finally, someone shouted nearby.
The “corpses” on the scene came back to life one after another. Among the figures of a group of old fogies slowly getting up, a short “corpse” moved much more agilely. He pulled off the black cloth on his body, packed it up, and took it to the production staff.
“Big brother, do I have any more scenes here?” He had a sweet mouth and a shy smile on his face.
“No, next!” The stage supervisor was very impatient and took out a 100 yuan from the money in hand, handed it to the short man, and then turned around and shouted, “Those working independently, come and collect your money. Those working for others, find your bosses. Don’t mix up, or you’ll be blacklisted in the whole Beijing next time!”
The short man carefully hid the money close to his body. He didn’t care about the other party’s attitude at all. He nodded and bowed with a smile, waving his hand as he left, saying, “Well then, I’m off. Big brother, if there’s any role, feel free to contact me!”
As soon as he stepped out of the set, the short person was immediately approached by someone and hooked their arm around him.
Almost subconsciously, the short man shrank his head and reached out to protect the money pouch in his arms, thinking someone was trying to rob him!
“Geng Sha, I’ve been waiting for you forever! You’ve been playing a corpse for so long!” The person’s mouth was spitting saliva while speaking, but the familiar voice still made Geng Sha relax.
“Big Brother Dabin! So, it’s you!” Geng Sha smiled happily, “Didn’t you and Big Brother Ruan and Director Chen’s production team finish filming? Why aren’t you on vacation and still shooting at the film and television base?”
“How could I be on a vacation? I’m working with the production team every day. Do you think there’s nothing to do after wrapping up the shoot?” Big Brother Dabin snorted, “I came to the film and television base just to find you.”
A few brothers from the same village couldn’t persist like him. In the past month, they couldn’t endure this seemingly hopeless life as an extra. Some went home and some went to work in the southern city. Now, Geng Sha was the only one left in Beijing, so he was very happy to meet an acquaintance.
Geng Sha patted the 100 yuan still warming up in his pocket and said happily, “Looking for me? Big Brother Dabin, I’ll treat you to skewers! We can talk while we eat!”
At the usual place, Ziran Village.
Big Brother Dabin was drinking beer and eating skewers, his face covered in oil. Geng Sha was also eating next to him, but he was more busy pouring drinks for Big Brother Dabin.
“Burp!” Feeling a bit bloated from drinking too much beer, Big Brother Dabin burped and then comfortably said to Geng Sha, “Geng Sha, our Director Chen is going to start a new film next month.”
“Really? That’s great! If Big Brother Dabin has any role, you must tell me. I can play any role!” Geng Sha said excitedly.
“Can you play the lead role?” Big Brother Dabin glanced at this foolish-looking guy.
“Ah? The lead role? No, no, I can’t play the lead role.” Geng Sha quickly waved his hand, as if he was really being asked to play the lead role, his face turning pale with fright.
“Hmph, I knew you didn’t have the guts!” Big Brother Dabin raised his chin, but then smiled strangely and said, “However, the reason I came to find you this time is to let you compete for the lead role! And it’s the male lead!”
“Huh?” Geng Sha was dumbfounded.
“Don’t be smug, it’s not your turn yet! Do you really think you’ll be the lead? I’m even better than you!” Big Brother Dabin laughed proudly.
“Big brother Dabin, what are you talking about?” Geng Sha was completely confused.
Big brother Dabin continued leisurely and said, “It’s like this, the lead role in Director Chen’s film is lacking a suitable actor. So, they decided to hold an open audition and select someone from the audition videos of actors who are interested. Director Ruan is in charge of this, but none of the candidates in the videos caught Chen’s attention. He couldn’t bear to watch a single one, and as a result, he scolded Director Ruan.”
The actors selected by Assistant Ruan were all too bad and didn’t match Chen Fengchen’s image of “Xu Sanduo”. Chen Fengchen scolded him harshly, saying there wasn’t a single decent one among them. Assistant Ruan was told to get lost and bring someone competent to handle the matter.
Therefore, Assistant Ruan had no choice but to search everywhere for “Xu Sanduo.” Whether they could become the lead actor or not, as long as their appearance and temperament had a bit of flavor, they could even be extras, he would be brought over to put out the fire first.1save the situation first.
Being from a rural area, simple and honest, having served as a soldier, and being small and thin. Taking all these conditions into consideration, they really haven’t been able to find a few suitable ones.
As the lackey of Assistant Ruan, when Big Brother Dabin saw these conditions, the first person that came to his mind was Geng Sha. However, there was one problem: Geng Sha had never served as a soldier.
“Yeah, I haven’t served as a soldier.” Geng Sha was still nervous and afraid.
“Director Ruan said, putting out the fire is like saving a life. Don’t worry about it too much, just go ahead and do it!” Big brother Dabin patted Geng Sha on the shoulder and comforted him, “Anyway, Geng Sha, just do me a favor. When there’s a good role later, I’ll definitely call you!”
Big Brother Dabin didn’t tell Geng Sha that the film was being shot in Jiangnan. Even if there were extra roles later, Geng Sha probably wouldn’t be able to come along. But wasn’t this Geng Sha easy to deceive?
Geng Sha was full of gratitude and patted his chest, saying, “Alright, Big Brother Dabin, wherever you need me, just let me know.”
“Now, you need to shoot an audition video. Assistant Ruan has a camera…”
……
At the entrance of the Chuntian Kindergarten, Xixi, who had been absent for a whole week, finally returned.
Her cold had already gotten better, but her cough persisted for a few more days. With the arrival of the weekend, the little girl was only brought to the kindergarten by her father this Monday.
“Goodbye, Papa!” Although Xixi obediently waved her hands to her father, the excitement in her eyes couldn’t be concealed. She couldn’t wait to go in and find her little friends whom she hadn’t seen for so many days.
However, Yang Yi still felt uneasy. He squatted down to take her daughter’s hand, and added a few more words, “The weather is hot now, so you need to drink more water, okay? If the water in your bottle runs out, you need to tell Teacher Mu to help you fill it up…”
“I know, Papa!” The little girl leaned on her father’s shoulder, anxiously bouncing up and down. “Papa, it’s time to say goodbye!”
“Alright, goodbye, go and play!” Yang Yi reluctantly let go of her hand and watched as the little girl turned around. She greeted the teacher at the door while hopping and skipping into the classroom, her little figure quickly disappearing at the end.
“This kid”. Yang Yi shook his head helplessly. He didn’t know why, but he kind of missed the time when Xixi hadn’t started kindergarten yet. The little girl at that time was so clingy, but now that she had grown up a bit and had her own friends, she wasn’t so clingy to her father anymore!
“Good morning, Teacher Cai!” In the kindergarten’s middle class, Xixi squeezed into the classroom next to Teacher Cai and rushed toward her little friends.
“Xixi!” Chen Shiyun was the first to spot Xixi and exclaimed happily.
Lan Xin and Yang Luoqi were also there. The two of them happily ran over and hugged Xixi, jumping happily.
“Xixi, you’re here too! Only Nan Zhaoyu hasn’t come now!” Lan Xin said.
“Nan Zhaoyu is still sick!” Xixi said, “His Papa told my Papa that Nan Zhaoyu’s cold hasn’t gone away yet!”
“That’s not good. Both Qiqi and I have already recovered from our colds!” Lan Xin said.
Yang Luoqi, who was next to her, quickly nodded. She had recovered earlier and had been coming to the kindergarten since last week.
The little girls didn’t care at all about who spreads the cold to whom. In any case, they were just happy to see their good friends.
“Xixi, you didn’t come last week, and I got so thin from hunger! I’m so happy to see you!” Chen Shiyun patted Xixi’s shoulder, attracting the little girl’s attention and shouting loudly.
“Hmph, Chen Shiyun, I’m not happy to see you!” Xixi pouted and said, “We agreed to go see Qiqi, but you didn’t come!”
“That’s right, Chen Shiyun, you’re not honest!” Lan Xin has always been at odds with Chen Shiyun and took the opportunity to add fuel to the fire.
“It’s okay…” Yang Luoqi said weakly from the side, feeling sorry to see her good friend arguing.
“Well, it’s not that I didn’t want to go.” Chen Shiyun retorted with a pout and lowered her head, feeling aggrieved, “It’s my mom who didn’t let me go, and then I cried for a long time.”
When Xixi saw Chen Shiyun’s sad appearance, her heart softened. The little girl took Chen Shiyun’s hand and said, “Okay, it’s your Mama’s fault, I won’t blame you anymore.”
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